Britain's beloved dormice vanish from our countryside: Numbers plunge 59% in 25 years, charity warns

Can lifeless Earth simulation find alien Llfe?Astronomers have catalogued more than 6,000 planets beyond our solar system. None has settled the question that matters: is anyone home?The simulation was released on 18 September 2026 in The Planetary Science Journal by a University of Washington...

Killerton National Trust has 100 nest boxes across its estate in Devon.

Worried Brits are splurging £700 on emergency food kits that can keep a person fed for six weeks, amid growing fears of blackouts, cyber attacks and other future crises.

Following the devastating Learjet 60 crash, many have begun to question whether flying is becoming more dangerous.

Kelly Holley-Bockelmann was one of the top astrophysicists in the country until President Trump’s policies affected every part of her work.

Artificial intelligence models will soon be powerful enough to master biology, presenting both benefits and serious risks, Tencent Holdings’ chief AI scientist and former OpenAI star researcher Vinces Yao Shunyu said during a rare public appearance on Saturday. The assessment comes as frontier AI systems are increasingly being applied to medicine and biology, which could accelerate discovery of new drugs and other treatments. However, experts also warn that malicious actors could use AI to...

Negotiators and leaders are gathering for annual United Nations climate talks. They come as global temperatures are set to breach a key threshold.

War, artificial intelligence and the Trump era have overshadowed climate change. But officials from nearly every nation are meeting to confront global warming.

Mineralized “structures” discovered in the bone were the fossilized remains of red blood cells, according to a recent study. Other experts aren’t so sure.

“Brandons Beach Barbados” drew an estimated 3,600 Google searches a month in the United States, 50% more than either Accra Beach or Carlisle Bay, its nearest rivals. In the UK and Canada, Accra took first place. Yet the UK and the US recorded the same number of monthly searches for Accra, at 2,400 apiece. What set the US results apart was the strength of interest in Brandons. The figures come from Beaches of Barbados, an independent island guide that analysed Google Keyword Planner estimates for the same 49 beach and bay terms in each market between October 2025 and September 2026. Each term included the word “Barbados”.

NASA reveals new X-70 aircraft with 45,000-foot ceilingNASA has announced a new X-plane without showing you the real thing. What you get is a set of numbers, a promise and one artist's impression.The X-70 Fractal was introduced by NASA on Wednesday during the UP Summit in Kennedy Space Center. It...

Dreams can feature any number of wild and wacky scenarios, but there is one thing you will almost never see: your smartphone.